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kenogenesis
kenogenesis
n : introduction during embryonic development of characters or
structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history
of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in
mammalian evolution) [syn: {cenogenesis}, {caenogenesis},
{cainogenesis}, {kainogenesis}] [ant: {palingenesis}]


autogenesis
autogenesis
n : a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms
are created from nonliving matter [syn: {abiogenesis}, {autogeny},
{spontaneous generation}]


cenogenesis
cenogenesis
n : introduction during embryonic development of characters or
structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history
of the strain or species (as addition of the placenta in
mammalian evolution) [syn: {kenogenesis}, {caenogenesis},
{cainogenesis}, {kainogenesis}] [ant: {palingenesis}]


cytogenesis
cytogenesis
n : the origin and development and variation of cells [syn: {cytogeny}]


hemogenesis
hemogenesis
n : the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially
in the bone marrow) [syn: {hematopoiesis}, {haematopoiesis},
{hemopoiesis}, {haemopoiesis}, {haemogenesis}, {hematogenesis},
{haematogenesis}, {sanguification}]


metagenesis
metagenesis
n : alternation of sexual and asexual generations [syn: {digenesis}]


ontogenesis
ontogenesis
n : (biology) the process of an individual organism growing
organically; a purely biological unfolding of events
involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple
to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of
osseous development in children" [syn: {growth}, {growing},
{maturation}, {development}, {ontogeny}] [ant: {nondevelopment}]


xenogenesis
xenogenesis
n : the alternation of two or more different forms in the life
cycle of a plant or animal [syn: {alternation of
generations}, {heterogenesis}]

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